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Re: Glass for wax melter

I used a pane of glass no glazing just placed on top of the hive body i was using as a melter, with a metal pan it gets hot enough to melt a lot of wax quickly. I broke the glass and switched to plexi-glass and that works fine as well.

Re: Glass for wax melter

I used a piece of Lexan I purchased at Home Depot for $13 on my solar wax melter i made out of a cheap styrofoam cooler. It worked great. Total cost for the melter was under $20 and It only took about 1 hour to make, & I have enough Lexan left over to make another melter.

Re: Glass for wax melter

I should have talked to you before I launched into making mine. Although I have used a lot of materials I had on hand, it was way more complicated than yours. I pretty much revised the one they have on this site to suit my needs. It will last for many years, but it took a LOT of man hours to complete.

Re: Glass for wax melter

I've used crummy (free) single pane for initial models, and they seem to crack after a season or two from the thermal stress. A couple years ago I splurged $10 for a double-pane tempered glass pane from ReSource (construciton material recycling place and it's been great. Long story short: anything will work pretty well, good glass will last longer and double-panes just hold heat better.